It's official: the Monaro's back!

Everyone knew what it had to be called, nevertheless Holden has now officially confirmed that its much-anticipated new sports coupe is to bear the famous Monaro nameplate.

18 December 2000

Everyone knew what it
had to be called, nevertheless Holden has now officially confirmed that its much-anticipated new sports coupe is to bear the famous Monaro nameplate. The updated badge (pictured) will adorn the stylish two-door Monaro, which is based on the same platform as today's Holden Commodore. The Holden Coupe created a sensation when it was unveiled as a design concept at the Sydney International Motor Show two years ago. It collected a bank of firm orders which virtually forced Holden to go ahead with the project. But the new Monaro won't be on sale until late next year. Holden's marketing director, Ross McKenzie, said strong public sentiment had influenced the company's decision to bring the Monaro name back to life. "We went into the exercise with an open mind - one alternative was to simply call it the Coupe - but the case for reviving the Monaro name became more persuasive as time went by," he said.
"In a sense, the car named itself. Right from the beginning, the media and the man on the street insisted on referring to our coupe concept design as a Monaro. After it was confirmed for production, we held consumer research clinics that came out overwhelmingly in favour of the name. To men and women of all ages, Monaro directly equated to 'large Australian sports coupe'. In terms of sheer brand awareness, you can't do much better than that. The original Monaro was launched in 1968 and had a nine-year reign as
the desirable, locally built two-door muscle car. The word Monaro is of Aboriginal origin, meaning a high plateau or high plain. The car shares its famous name with the Monaro range, which is part of NSW's Snowy Mountains as well as the Monaro Shire district, located south of Canberra.

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